Pakistan condemns recent spree of targeted attacks against Muslims in India.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has strongly condemned the campaign of violence and targeted attacks against Muslims by fanatic Hindu mobs in various Indian states.

In a statement on Monday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said recent despicable attempt to hoist the saffron flag at Jahangirpuri's Jamia Masjid in New Delhi where Muslims were waiting to break their fasts, derogatory sloganeering, playing of provocative music and the brandishing of weapons by the procession of Hanuman Shobha Yatra with impunity, reveal the gravity of the state-sanctioned hysteria and hatred in India against Muslims.

He said this incident has re-kindled the horrific memories of Delhi pogrom of February 2020 which was aimed to discriminate, dispossess and dehumanize the Muslim community.

The Spokesperson said earlier, the Ram Navami riots, which spread out across many Indian states have shone a spotlight on the precipitous slide of India into a 'Hindu Rashtra'. Harrowing scenes of demolition of houses, businesses and shops belonging to Muslims and the vandalization of Mosques by local authorities in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat reveal the deep penetration of Hindutva ideology into the fabric of Indian state and society.

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